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Attomej Patented Feb. 2, 1937 PATENT OFFICE GARMENT Charles Epstein, Boston, Mass.

Application November 2,

1934, Serial No. 751,200

1 Claim. (01. 2-97) This invention relates to body garments and has as its object the provision of a combined coat and jacket each of which can be worn separately as a complete garment independent of each other, or which, at the option of the wearer,

can be so combined as to constitute a single garmerit.

Further, it is an object of the present invention to provide means whereby the two garments may be so combined that the outer garment can be so removed that the inner garment remaining on the wearer will have the finished face thereof exposed thereby eliminating the necessity of removing the inner garment from the body and reversing the same to present its outer finished face outwardly, as is now necessary in combination garments now on the market.

The invention together with its object and advantages will be best understood from a study of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevational view showing the inner garment secured in place within the outer garment.

Figure 2 is an elevational view illustrating how the inner garment can be worn alone as a complete garment.

Figure 3 is an interior view of the inner gar ment.

Figure 4 is a detailed sectional view taken substantially on the line 44 of Figure 3. v

Figure 5 is a fragmentary detail sectional view illustrating certain details hereinafter more fully referred to.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary elevational view of a fastening device forming a salient feature of the present invention. v

Referring in detail to the drawings it will be seen that the outer garment is indicated by the reference numeral 5 and in the present instance is illustrated as in the form of a top coat, overcoator similar garment.

The inner garment is indicated generally by the reference numeral 5 and is herein shown as in the form of a short, preferably sleeveless, jacket which may be made of suede or any other suitable, preferably light and pliable material.

The free or meeting edges of the inner garment 5 are provided with complementary fastening devices 1 and 8 respectively, and as shown the fastening devices I and 8 are of the completely separable locking type comprising interengageable hook members on the respective edges to besecured together and a slide member for engag 55 ing or disengaging said hook members, said slide member, as is well known. when the parts are completely separated being carried by one of the edges.

The outer garment 5 is also provided on the inside, and adjacent its free or meeting edges with fastening devices 8 and III which are complementary respectively to the fastening devices I and 8 at the free or meeting edges of the inner garment 6.

From the above it will be apparent that by engaging the fastening devices -9 and 8Ill, the inner garment 6 may be secured in place within the outer garment 5 to constitute a lining for the latter as shown in Figure 1.

In accordance with the present invention, the slide in. carried by the fastening device I cooperates in the usual manner with the fastening device 9 on the inside of the outer garment 5 for securing one edge of the inner garment 6 to the outer garment 5, and also the slide Illa carried by the fastening device It) cooperates in the usual manner with the fastening device 8 on the other edge of the inner garment 6 for securing this edge of the inner garment to the outer garment whereby the inner garment is conveniently and detachably secured within the outer garment in a manner to act as a lining for the outer garment. In this connection, it will be also understood that the slide la cooperates with the fastening devices I and 8 on the inner garment for securing the edges of the inner garment at the front of the latter together when the inner garment is worn alone and as a sleeveless jacket.

To manipulate the slide la to engage and disengage the interchangeable hook members of the fastening devices I and 9 for securing together or separating the garments 5 and 5 there is provided for the slide on one side thereof the usual finger piece of handle herein indicated by the reference numeral 12). i

For manipulating the slide 1a to engage and disengage the interengaging hook members of the fastening devices I and 8 as when securing the edges of the inner garment 6 together or for separating said edges of the inner garment there is provided on the slide let an outer finger piece or handle 10, substantially identical to the member lb and as clearly suggested in Figures 2, 3, and 6.

By providing the additional piece 1c it will be apparent that the fastening devices I and 8 are employed to secure the garment B in place about the person of the wearer when worn alone, and also permit the securing of the inner garment B in place within the outer garment 5 with the 55 face of the inner garment which constitutes the outside of said inner garment, when worn alone. facing the unfinished face or inside face of the outer garment instead of. requiring the securing of the inner garment within the outer garment in reversed position or inside out, as is now the common practice.

Thus in accordance with the present invention, it will be apparent that when the outer garment 5 is removed and the inner garment i left on the body of the wearer the same will have the proper outer 'faceior finished face thereof exposed and the wearer will not, consequently, be required, after removing the outer garment i, to remove the inner garment 8, reverse the same and then replace the same on the body, as is now generally required.

If desired, the inner garment 0 may be provided with exterior pockets H. These pockets, it will be noted, will be concealed when the garment 6 is secured within the outer garment I and this feature, together with the fact that 'when both garments are thrown open as for example, as shown in Figure l, the inside face of the outer garment 6 will be exposed giving to the inner garment 6, under such circumstances, more the appearance of a lining for the outer garment 5 than would be the case were the finished face of the inner garment exposed when the two gar- Q ments are secured together.

Having thus described the invention claimed as new is:

A compound garment comprising a complete outer garment and a complete inner garment, said inner garment being provided along its free edges with complementary fastening devices for securing said edges together when said inner garment is worn alone, and fastening devicesadjacent the edges of and within said outer garment and cooperating respectively with the fastening devices at the free edges of said inner garment for securing the latter in place within what is said outer garment, said fastening devices respectively comprising inter-engageable hook members and a slide member for engaging or disengaging said hook members, the slide member of one of the first mentioned fastening devices having handles on opposite sides thereof whereby the last mentioned slide member is conveniently operable from either side thereof to the end that said inner garment may be secured within the outer garment with the unfinished face of the inner garment facing outwardly so that upon removal of the outer garment the inner garment will remain on the body of the wearer right side out.

CHARLES EPSTEIN. 

